Damien Newton
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And the Winners Are
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Usually we do Streetsies a little differently than we did this year. The rigors of the two job searches and restructuring Santa Monica Next ate up more time than I thought so we narrowed down to just awarding Streetsies to the four people who made the biggest impacts in 2013. The reader’s vote, a […]
Jaywalking and Parking Tickets: The Livable Streets Litmus Test of 2014
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Over our end-of-the-year break, there were two stories related to how the city thinks about its transportation needs which kept popping up in the news: the LAPD’s “Jaywalking Crackdown”** and the movement to restructure the city’s parking fees. The two stories were both treated as stories of regular people being harassed by a money hungry […]
Your Q and A with Jon Kirk Mukri
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You asked, he answered. Moments after going on hiatus for the holidays, I received an email from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation with answers from the “Reader Q and A” with interim LADOT General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri. Jon Kirk Mukri took over as interim general manager on December 1, taking over for Jaime […]
The Dodgers Are Failing the Yasiel Puig Test
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On Saturday, December 29th, at 9:30 am, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was arrested for reckless driving in Greater Miami after being caught driving 110 miles per hour. Puig’s mother and sister were also in the car. This was the second time Puig was caught going over forty miles over the speed limit. In […]
C.I.C.L.E. Presents: Tweed, Moxie & Mustaches Ride: The Historic Arroyo Seco, Sponsored by Metro!
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Ladies and gents, dress in your finest and roll through history with dashing, distinguished, and dapper bicyclists during C.I.C.L.E.’s Tweed, Moxie and Mustaches Ride! On Saturday, January 18, through a sponsorship by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), C.I.C.L.E. (Cyclists Inciting Change thru LIVE Exchange), will lead a community bicycle ride, “Tweed, Moxie […]
Cast Your Vote for the Streetsie Awards
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We’re closing in on the end of the year, and that means it’s Streetsie time! The annual Livable Streets awards program honors the best (and worst, but for now just the best) stories from Streetsblog throughout the year. We’ll have our own pick for Streetsie Award winners and via polls, we also will have “People’s […]
Win Your Holiday Arguments: Bicyclists Are a Menace
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I have a great family. When we gather at holidays, my family (be they immediate, aunts and cousins, or in-laws) avoid baiting me into an argument about bicycles in any way shape or form. That’s one reason I love them. But not every cyclist is so lucky. Thanks to the great strides that have been […]
Give to Streetsblog for a Chance to Win a Sleek New Bike Lock
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We’ve got another great reason to donate to Streetsblog’s year-end pledge drive — give before midnight Sunday, and you’ll be entered to win a sleek TiGr titanium bike lock: With the implementation of the city’s bicycling backbone network imperiled by car dealerships and the AAA in South Park, pearl clutching homeowners and their pet Council Member in West […]
Win Your Holiday Arguments: Jaywalking
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(Stealing an idea from Salon, Streetsblog Los Angeles is here to help you win arguments with the beloved Car Culture Warriors in your life this holiday season. We’ll have at least two more parts in this series. – DN) Recently, the Los Angeles Times reported on a “jaywalking crackdown” underway in Downtown Los Angeles. Pedestrians […]
A Photo Essay of a Tour of Expo Phase II
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When Stephen Villavaso, known to many Streetsblog readers as the volunteer traffic engineer who makes CicLAvia possible, asked me if I would like to ride along on a tour of Expo Phase II construction, I jumped at the chance. Villavaso is also one of the engineers working for Skanska-Rados Joint Venture – the design-build contractor […]
Give Us Your Nominees for 2013 Streetsies!
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As anyone that’s been reading Streetsblog for more than a year knows, at the end of the year we hand out a series of “Streetsie” awards. Some Streetsies are tongue in cheek, but others are a sincerely meant honor to the people and organizations that are making Los Angeles a more livable place to live, […]
Touring L.A. County with LACBC and Where to Bike: Route 66
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When: Sunday, December 22; meet at 8:30 a.m., ride at 9:00 a.m. Where: Union Station in downtown Los Angeles – 800 N. Alameda, Los Angeles, 90012 (Meet in the garden courtyard on the south side of the main concourse of Union Station.) Route 66, also known as the Mother Road, Main Street of America, or the Will Rogers Highway, […]